Example sentences of "it had already [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bird , born around 1762 , lived in such comfortable circumstances that it had already reared eight broods when , to the consternation of its noble owner , it suddenly developed the plumage and spurs of a male and thereafter refused to lay another egg . |
| 2 | A spokesman for IBM France said it had already earmarked 1,500 job cuts for 1993 through voluntary redundancies , but did not rule out further measures if the market deteriorated . |
| 3 | It had already formed local pacts with the SzDSz in five counties , but on March 30 Antall announced that the HDF had formed an electoral pact with the Smallholders and the Christian Democratic People 's Party whereby the three parties would support the best placed candidate in each constituency . |
| 4 | The AWB claimed in 1990 that it had already trained 12,000 men . |
| 5 | It had already attacked two people who escaped serious injury . |
| 6 | It had already produced great wars and upheavals ; even greater ones were to come . |